Source: Oncology Nurse Advisor, June 2017

CHICAGO — Conquer Fear, an experimental psychological intervention, can help decrease the fear of cancer recurrence among cancer survivors, according to study findings presented at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

“The reduction in fear of recurrence in the psychological intervention group was large enough to improve survivors’ psychological and emotional well-being,” Dr Beith, a medical oncologist at the University of Sydney in Australia, said in an ASCO news release. “The majority of participants were young women with breast cancer, but we expect the intervention may be appropriate for other patients who have moderate to high fear of recurrence.”